Toy.



J. T. MILLER.

TOY.

APPLICATION FILED JUNEIZ, 1914.

1 W5 @%@1 Patented Apr. 13, 1915.

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JOHN TEAGUE MILLER, F CLO'VIS, NEVT IHEXICO.

TOY.

Application filed June 12, 1914.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN T. MILLER, a citizenof the United States, and a resident of Clovis, in the county of Curryand State of New Mexico, have made certain new and useful Improvementsin Toys, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in toys, and has for its object toprovide a series of toys driven by spring motors, capable of beingwound, and arranged to move the figures forwardly by successive startsand stops, and wherein mechanism is provided in connection with themotors for successively releasing and restraining the operation of themotors, and wherein certain of the figures are mounted to be moved incertain predetermined manners by the motors.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side view of the improved toy with partsin section, Fig. 2 is a top plan view, Figs. 3 and 1 are sections on theline 38 and 44: respectively of Fig. 1, Fig. 5 is a top plan view of thebrake, and Fig. 6 is a side view of the same.

The present embodiment of the invention is composed of three figures,namely that of a cart, that of a horse hitched to the cart, and that ofa man seated in the cart and driving the horse. The cart comprlses acasing 1 of approximately rectangular form, having one upper cornerrecessed, as shown in Fig. 1, to form a seat 2 for the figure of a man,and a foot board 3 below the seat. An axle 4: is journaled transverselyof the body and in the body, and wheels 5 are secured to the ends of theaxle. A. motor or driving shaft 6 is journaled in the casing parallelwith the axle, and one end of the shaft 6 is extended beyond the casing,and is squared, as shown at 7, to receive a key or the like, for windingthe motor. A coil spring 8 is arranged on the motor shaft within thecasing for driving the same, and a gear wheel 9 is secured to the shaft,and meshes with a pinion 10 on the axle. The arrangement is such thatwhen the spring is wound, it will drive the shaft 6, and through theWheel 9 and the pinion 10 the axle will be driven. A. brake is arrangedadjacent to the axle, the brake comprising a disk 11 on the shaft, withwhich cooperates a lever 12, the lever being pivoted near the bottom ofthe casing, as indicated at 13, and extending through a slot 1 1 in thefoot board, to a point above Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 13, 1215.

Serial No. 844,687.

the seat 2. The axle is also provided with a crank 15, and a link 16connects the crank with the left arm 17 of the figure 18 of the man,which is seated on the seat 2, with the feet 19 thereof on the footboard. The upper end of the lever 12 has secured there to one end of alink or member 20, and the said member passes through an opening 21 inthe hand of the right arm 17 of the figure of the man, to a connectionwith a ring 22 on the head of the figure of the horse to be described.

The cart is provided with a pair of shafts 28 and 23 respectively, whichextend forwardly alongside the body 2% of the figure of the horse, andat its front end the shaft 23 is provided with an inwardly extending lug25 which engages an opening in the body 2% of the horse. The shaft 28 isprovided at its front end with an inwardly extending lug 25, whichextends through an opening into the hollow body of the horse, and anextension 26 extends downwardly and rearwardly within the body from thelug 25.

Each shaft 23 and 23 is provided with a dependingarm 27 intermediate itsends, and each arm is provided with a bearing at its lower end forreceiving one end of a shaft 28. The shaft extends transversely of thebody of the horse, and a wheel 29 is secured to the shaft intermediateits ends, the said wheel supporting the figure of the horse. The head30, and the hind legs 31 and 31 of the figure of the horse are pivotedto the body, the head being connected to the body by means of atransverse shaft 32, while the hind legs are pivoted to the body by atransverse shaft 33. A second shaft 3-4: is arranged transversely of thebody just above the shaft 33 and parallel therewith, and connected tothe hind legs, and one end of a link 35 is engaged with the shaftintermediate its ends, and within the body. The other end of the link isconnected to a crank arm 36 on a counter shaft 3'? journaledtransversely of the body. The pivotal connection 38 between the link 35and the crank arm 36 is engaged by one end of a link 39, the other endof the link being connected to the rear end of the extension 26 beforementioned. A pinion 10 is secured to the shaft 37 before mentioned, andthe pinion meshes with a gear wheel &1 on a motor shaft 42 journaledtransversely of the body of the horse, and having a square portion 42 atone end and outside the figure, for engagement by a key or the like, toturn the shaft.

A coil spring 43 is arranged on the shaft,

adjacent to the gear wheel 41, for driving the said shaft, and it willbe evident that When the shaft 42 is driven, the countershaft 37 will bedriven, and the crank 36 will be operated to move the link 35. This linkis connected to the hind legs of the horse above their pivotalconnection with the body, and

the body is cut away to permit lateral movement of the shaft. Then thelink 35 is moved longitudinally, the hind legs will be thrown rearwardlyat their lower end, to simulate kicking.

The ring 22 before mentioned is connected to the head 30 of the body,which as before stated is pivoted to the body at 32. A rod 44 isarranged longitudinally of the neck of the animal, and the rod ismounted to slide toward and from the head, being guided by a pin 45,which engages within a loop 46 extending laterally from the rod, the

' pin being within the loop. The lower end of the rod is adapted to beengaged by a laterally extending lug 47 on one face of the gear wheel41, when the gear wheel is rotated, and the front end of the rod ispivoted to the head. [A plate spring 48 is arranged in the neck, one endbeing secured to the neck, and the other end being secured to the rod,to return the rod and to prevent upward movement thereof, and the bodyof the horse is provided with an opening 49 near the lower end of therod, through which extends a lateralpin 50 integral with the rod.

The pin rests on the lower side wall of the slot, and the side walls ofthe slot are parallel with the rod. The figure of the horse 40 ispivotally mounted on the inwardly eX- tending lugs 25 and 25 of theshaft. Vhen the crank 36 swings around the shaft 37, the hoofs of thehind legs will be swung rearwardly, and at the same time the rear end ofthe horse will be lifted by the link 39.

The head is connected to the brake lever 12, by the flexible connection20, and when the head is swung by the rod 44, the brake lever will bejerked, to release the axle, and every time the axle is released from-the brake the cart will be driven forwardly, and will drive the horseforward, until the brake is again set by the spring to be laterdescribed. In order to make the representation life-like, therepresentation of a whip 20 is connected with the left hand of thefigure of the man.

The operation of the device as a whole is as follows: A spring 55 isprovided in connection with the brake lever 12, for normally holding thelever in contact with the wheel. The springs 8 and 43 are wound, afterwhich the device is ready for operation. The spring 43 drives the shaft42, and for every complete rotation of this shaft, the lug 47 will movethe rod 44 longitudinally, swinging forwardly the jaws of the horse.This movement of the aws will make traction on themember 20 and willswing the upper end of the brake lever 12 against the resistance of thespring 55 to release the axle 4, and the spring 8 will drive the axleforwardly, thus moving forwardly the horse and the cart.

The shaft 42 drives the counter-shaft 37, and for each complete rotationof the countershaft the hind legs of the horse will be swung upward andrearwardly, the body swinging on the lugs 2525. The link 16 will raiseand lower the left arm of the figure, thus simulating the application ofthe whip 20. Thus the cart and the horse will progress by successivestarts and stops, while the horse will kick and the driver will applythe whip. The end of the rod -14 adjacent to the horses head is pivotedto the head, and the extent of movement of the rod 44 is governed by theslot 14 in the body of the cart. This slot 14 is cut to a length suchthat the lever 12 will move barely far enough away from the disk 11 torelease the same, to permit the motor of the cart to start, and thechecking of the movement of the lever 12 by the forward end of the slotin turn stops the longitudinal movement of the rod 44, because of thefact that there is a connection between the jaw of the horse and theupper end of the lever 12. Thus the horse will stop kicking, and thecart and horse will be moved forwardly by the motor of the cart, untilthe motor runs down.

Should the operator desire to stop the cart he will grasp the pin 50 andwill move the rod 44 longitudinally at the same time lifting the lowerend, until the lug 47 will pass the said lower end of the rod withouttouching the same, thus when the rod 44 is held out of contact with thelug 47 the spring will force the lever 12 toward the axle 4 applying thebrake. It will be understood that after the rod 44 has been disengagedfrom the lug 47 it may be moved downwardly to permit the lever 12 toapply the brake as above specified. Vhen the lug 47 is released fromcontact with the rod 4.1 the motor 43 will again start, causing thehorse to resume kicking, while the cart will stand motionless until thewheel 41 has made another complete rotation, and the lug 47 againcontacts with the rod 44, and the motor is stopped thereby.

It will be noted that the cart is stopped only when the motor arrangedwithin the cart runs down or is checked by the operator in the mannerabove mentioned. The spring 48 holds the rod 44 in position laterally,

that is it prevents the rod from rising far enough to disengage the rodfrom the lug 47. The rod 44 must be of such length that when the lever12 has come in contact with the end of the slot 14, and is stoppedthereby,

l l O the rod 44: will have stopped the motor wheel 41 at the properplace for the horse to be standing in his natural position. For theseconditions to obtain, it is necessary that the number of teeth in themotor wheel ll be a multiple of those in the pinion 40, so that when thewheel l1 has made a complete rotation, the pinion 40 will always makethe same exact number of rotations.

ll claim:

1. A toy comprising the figures of a cart, a man seated in the cart, anda horse in front of the cart, the cart having rigid shafts extendingforwardly on opposite sides of the horse, each shaft having at its frontend an inwardly extending lug, and the figure of the horse being pivotedon the lugs near the front end of the said figure, each shaft hav ing adepending arm, a supporting shaft journaled transversely of the arms atthe lower ends thereof, a wheel on the shaft for supporting the shaftsand the figure of the horse, a spring motor shaft journaled transverselyof the cart, an axle ournaled on the cart, wheels secured to the axlefor supporting the cart, a driving connection between the spring motorshaft and the axle for mov-. ing the cart forwardly, a brake forrestraining the forward rotation of the axle, a lever for operating thebrake and extending upwardly to the figure of the man, said figurehaving pivotally connected arms, the figure of the horse having apivotally mounted head and pivotally mounted hind legs, a connectionbetween the brake lever and the head of the horse and passing throughthe right hand of the figure of the man, the axle having a crank, and alink connecting the crank with the left arm of the figure of the man,said arm carrying the representation of a whip, a spring motor shaftjournaled transversely of the horse, a countershaft arranged paralleltherewith, and having a crank arm, a driving connection between themotor shaft and the counter-shaft, a link connecting the crank with thehind legs of the horse above their pivotal connection, the lateral lugof one of the shafts having a rearward extension, and a link connectingthe rearward extension to the last-named crank, a rod movablelongitudinally of the neck of the figure of the horse, means for guidingthe rod, one end of the rod engaging the head of the horse to swing thesame when the rod is moved longitudinally, means operated by the motorshaft for moving the rod, and a spring for returning the rod.

2. A toy comprising the figures of a cart, a man in the cart, and ahorse in front of the cart, the figure of the man having pivotallymounted arms, and the figure of the horse having a pivotally mountedhead and pivotally mounted hind legs, shafts extending forwardly fromthe cart on opposite sides of the figure of the horse, said figure beingpivoted to the shafts near its front end, a wheeled support for theshafts intermediate their ends, wheels for supporting the cart, anormally active motor for driving the wheels, a brake for restrainingthe action of the motor, a connection between the brake and the horseshead for releasing the brake when the head swings forwardly, saidconnection having a slidable connection with one of the arms of thefigure of the man, normally active means for swinging the hind legs ofthe horse, and for swinging the head of the horse, means in connectionwith the said means for lifting the rear end of the horses figure atregular intervals, a representation of a whip in the other arm of thefigure of the man, and a connection between the said arm and the wheelsof the cart for lifting and for lowering the arm.

3. A top comprising the figures of a cart, a man on the cart, and of ahorse in front of the cart, wheels for supporting the cart, a normallyactive means for moving the wheels forwardly, a brake for restrainingthe operation of the said means, the horse having a pivotal head, aconnection between the head and the brake, the figure of the man havinga pivotally mounted arm, and a sliding connection between the flexiblemember and the arm, and means within the figure of the horse for movingthe head at predetermined intervals.

4. A toy comprising the figures of a cart, a man in the cart, and ahorse in front of the cart, wheels for supporting the cart, normallyactive means for moving the cart forwardly, the figure of the man havinga pivotally mounted right arm and the figure of the horse a pivotallymounted head, means within the figure of the horse for swinging the headat predetermined intervals, a brake for controlling the normally activemeans for drivingthe wheels, and a connection between the brake and thehead of the horse and having a slidable connection with the pivotedright arm of the man, the left arm of the figure of the man beingpivotally mounted and carrying the representation of a whip, and aconnection between the wheels and the arm for raising and lowering thesame.

5. A toy comprising the figures of a cart, a man in the cart, and ahorse in front of the cart, wheels for supporting the cart, normallyactive means for moving the cart for wardly, the figure of the manhaving a pivotally mounted arm and the figure of the horse a pivotallymounted head, means within the figure of the horse for swinging the headat predetermined intervals, a brake for controlling the normally activemeans for driving the wheels, and a connection between the brake and thehead of the horse and having a slidable connection with the pivoted armof the man.

6. A toy comprising the figures of a cart,

a man in the cart, and a horse in front of the cart and connectedthereto, wheels for supporting the cart, means for moving the I wheels,the horses figure having a pivotally mounted head, means in connectionwith the figure for swinging the head, a brake for controlling themoving means of the wheels,

and a flexible connection between the brake and the head of the horsesfigure.

15? shafts and the horse near the front end of 7 A toy comprising thefigures of a cart, and a horse in front of the cart, shafts extendingforwardly from the cart and rigid therewith, a pivotal connectionbetween the the horse, a wheeled support for the shafts intermediatetheir ends, the horse having pivotally mounted hind legs, a pivotallymounted head for the horse, a crank shaft 7 journaled in the figure ofthe horse interand a horse in front of the cart, shafts extendingforwardly from the cart and rigid therewith, a pivotal connectionbetween the shafts and the horse near the front end of the horse, awheeled support for the shafts intermediate their ends, the horse havingpivotally mounted hind legs, a crank shaft journaled in the figure ofthe horse intermediate the ends of the figure, a link connecting thecrank shaft with the hind legs above the pivotal connection, normallyactive means for driving the crank shaft, and means operated by thecrank shaft for swinging the horses figure on the pivotal mounting.

9. A toy comprising the figures of a cart, and a horse in front of thecart, shafts extending forwardly from the cart and rigid therewith, aconnection between the shafts and the horse near the front end of thehorse, a wheeled support for the shafts intermediate their ends, thehorse having pivotally mounted hind legs, a crank shaft journaled in thefigure of the horse 'intern'lediate the ends of the figure, a linkconnecting the crank shaft with the hind legs, above the pivotalconnection, and normally active means for driving the crank shaft.

JOHN TEAGUE MILLER.

Witnesses G. C. HEs'roN, L. R. CONARTY.

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